The Republican Party’s imperial rebirth: How Cheney’s twisted worldview became the GOP guiding light

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The Republican Party’s imperial rebirth:
How Dick Cheney’s twisted worldview became the guiding light of the GOP

For a fleeting moment, it seemed like the nightmares of the Bush administration might be behind us. Not anymore...

by:
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON






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.......it’s not a surprise that we find ourselves on the cusp of another national security election. The economy has improved enough that people aren’t feeling a sense of crisis and, unless Jeb gets the nomination, the GOP probably figures they have enough distance from the last disastrous decade now to run their usual game. The problem is that they seem to have decided that their intellectual Godfather is no longer Ronald Reagan, which was bad enough as it was. But no, the young generation of GOP hawks now obviously see Dick Cheney as their role model. Tom Cotton, their new leader, certainly seems to be poured in his mold. If anyone is still laboring under the illusion that the Rand Paul wing of the party is ascendant, they need to think again.


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more Digby/Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/25/the_republican_partys_imperial_rebirth_how_dick_cheneys_twisted_worldview_became_the_guiding_light_of_the_gop/




The smirk is back...........